U-17 Women win again

Trinidad and Tobago’s Under 17 Women’s Team secured a 7-0 victory over Curacao on Friday night to stay atop their group standings in the CONCACAF Caribbean Under 17 Women’s World Cup openingwinround.

The win was T&T’s second in two outings following the 13-0 beating of US Virgin Islands on Wednesday. But the job is not complete as T&T must earn at least a draw when they face Grenada from in the closing group fixture on Sunday from 7:30pm at the Ato Boldon Stadium. Grenada is levelled on points with T&T after defeating USVI 9-0 on Friday but T&T are ahead on superior goal difference.

T&T captain Kara Trotman opened the scoring for T&T on Friday with further goals coming from Aaliyah Prince, Chrissy Mitchell, Afiyah Cornwall and Kayla Baboolal before the break to leave T&T comfortable ahead 6-0. Maria-Frances Serrant scored the seventh item in the second half.

T&T head Coach Jamaal Shabazz spoke about his team’s dominant play in the first half, adding that his team remains confident of topping the group.

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association was formed on July 23rd, 1908. Expatriate workers who taught the game to locals played the game in the oilfields.

A certain player by the name of Dwight Yorke captained this country to its first ever FIFA World Cup, the 1991 FIFA Under 20 World Cup in Portugal. And in 2006 he also captained the Senior Men's Team to the 2006 World Cup in Germany